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Letter from LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD to JOHN NORTON POMEROY, dated
March 22, 1858.,
Original located at the University of Vermont's Special Collections in the John
Norton Pomeroy Collection, filed by date.,
http://cdi.uvm.edu/collections/item/lgmjnp580322 (accessed March 31, 2015)

Letter from LARKIN GOLDSMITH MEAD to JOHN NORTON POMEROY, dated
March 22, 1858.

Transcribed by
:
Ellen Thomson and Ralph H. Orth

TEI mark-up by
:
James P. Tranowski andEllen Thomson

Published by: University of Vermont. All rights reserved.

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Brattleboro March 22, 1858

Mr
Pomeroy

Dear Sir;

I send a little sketch of Allen, which expresses my idea of
his general character; [Image] A fearless man; who was ready to undertake anything.
-- I do not think he should be represented in any particular act.-- that would not
be justice to his whole life of heroic deeds. --To represent him at the door of Fort
Ticonderoga would certainly tell of one great victory in his life, but it would not
tell the whole history of the man. --

The sword is the weapon of a warrior, but Allen's most powerful weapon was his strong
will and determination, I believe his greatest victories were achieved without
bloodshed Perhaps your ideas are entirely different, and if so, I shall be very glad
to know them, for I may be in error. -- PS I wrote you a line last week asking you
to furnish me a small drawing of the monument by a scale. Hoping I may hear from you
when convenient I remain

What I have said on the front page is the first idea which occurred to me
respecting the Statue; -- Instead of being a final decision of what I think
the Statue should be, it is only a commencement of the subject which of
course requires much study? It is almost impossible that anything
satisfactory can be expressed in a sketch. A small model would express
everything clearly! A sketch (No 2) enclosed, is of a different design, but
not being properly drawn it does not express the idea intended.